Kasaragod: All parents wish well and work for their children’s happiness. They prioritise their children’s wishes above their own. This father from Kanjangad does anything to ensure that his daughter, who is debilitated by Cerebral Palsy, keeps smiling, always. He designed and made an auto-rickshaw which can move by pedalling.
Suresh from Chemmattam Vayal in Kanjangad, in Kasaragod district of Kerala, designed and developed a movable model of an auto-rickshaw for his daughter Sneha. Though it looks like the original auto-rickshaw in one glance from a distance, it can only be propelled by pedalling, much like a bicycle.
Suresh, who is an auto driver himself, used to take his daughter for a ride every morning in his auto-rickshaw. With the COVID pandemic and the consequent regulations, all those rides had to be stopped. Though COVID lockdown phase has got over, Suresh and family are worried about taking Sneha out for rides in these times of the pandemic. Suresh thought about an alternative and came up with this idea of making an auto-rickshaw which can be pedalled by seating her inside. Suresh’s intention was to give Sneha a feeling of sitting inside the auto-rickshaw and going for a ride, though the ride is only on the courtyard and premises of their house.